Backing up Roon database and music to cloud storage (ref#WGD4PK)

[DAVID_PATERSON]

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Describe the issue

How to back up database and music files to cloud storage

Describe your network setup

Roon Nucleus. iMac, Archer 10000 router, Firewalla Gold

[connor]

Hi @DAVID_PATERSON,

Roon doesn’t have built-in Cloud-based Backup options outside of the original Dropbox integration.

However, users commonly post in other subcategories with their own suggestions for OS-integrated Cloud storage that you can use with Roon’s existing local Backup features.

See here:

Cloud backup options for Linux/ROCK/Nucleus

As my Windows 10 Roon server nears end-of-life, I’m considering switching to one of the Linux-based options, either a Ubuntu machine, a NUC with ROCK, or the entry-model Nucleus. My current server backs up both my music collection and my Roon database to OneDrive for no extra cost. Reading through the posts here, the only cloud backup options I see mentioned are to either purchase a DropBox subscription ($120/year) or run a separate box that backs up to another cloud service. (I already have ton…

Or here:

Backups to Google Drive or other Cloud storage

I have a Roon ROCK running on the recommended i7 hardware including memory and storage. My backups currently live on an external USB drive attached to the ROCK. It’s the same drive where I keep my local music. I’d like to copy my backups to something like Google Drive but I haven’t found a way to do that. I’ve combed through the forum and have read a few threads where this issue was never fully addressed. I’m hoping to do this directly from the ROCK without an intermediary like a NAS. Thoughts? …

If you create a Feature Suggestions, other users will be able to vote and provide opinion for future feature consideration.

[DAVID_PATERSON]

Hi Conner.
Thanks for your reply. I read the threads, many of the answers are way beyond my understanding of computer systems, but I suspect there is no answer within them that meets my requirement. My question springs from the fact that I live in a region prone to wild fires. My daughter-in-law lost her whole house and contents in the recent Pacific Palisades fire - everything except themselves and the clothes they stood in. I’d hate to lose all my music library in that manner when cloud storage is now so cheap. But how to do it - I have ~2 TB of music - and on iDrive I have 10TB of storage capacity. How do I get the Roon’s music files duplicated into this cloud storage? regards David.

[daniel]

Hi @DAVID_PATERSON,

@DAVID_PATERSON

But how to do it - I have ~2 TB of music - and on iDrive I have 10TB of storage capacity. How do I get the Roon’s music files duplicated into this cloud storage?

You should be able to copy over the watched folders to your iDrive. While it wouldn’t automatically update as you add music it would save your music collection to a cloud location. Would that fit your use case?